Conference on Buddhist Dynamics In Premodern Southeast Asia
出版日期
2011.03.10 - 11
出版地
Singapore [新加坡]
資料類型
會議論文=Proceeding Article
使用語言
英文=English
摘要
Art historians working on the Buddhist murals of Bagan temples appear to have exhausted all possible research on the narrative content, organization, and distribution of the narrative and/or iconographical panels in the temples they examine. Even though comparison has also been drawn with neighboring Thailand, the focus has always been devoted to the view that even though the murals may differ, both societies share many ideas, particularly about Buddhist ideas and worldviews, in common. This paper will explore two related hypotheses. The first suggests that the portrayal of hell first entered the Burmese mural world beginning with the 18th century; it was likely introduced into Burma via Thailand within a short time after the representation of hell first appeared in Thai Buddhist murals. It is important to note that this does not suggest that “hell” as a concept did not exist prior to the 18th century, but rather it was not represented in mural. The second hypothesis asserts that the transference of ideas such as the depiction of nga yei indicates that influences extends beyond Burma and Thailand and should include the wider Buddhist world, particularly ideas originating from the “Mahayanist” tradition.
